Repeatedly inhaling helium is no different from suffocating yourself, which is why you quickly start to feel lightheaded, just as if you were holding your breath for too long.

Death from inhaling helium is so rare that the American Association Poison Control Centers lumps it in with other gases, such as methane and propane. Only three deaths were recorded in 2010, said ...

A six-year-old Illinois boy died after inhaling helium from a large, “child-size” Mylar balloon just days after his birthday, according to officials. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated and died ...

5:15 p.m. July 19: A caller in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue reported people in a vehicle were inhaling from balloons filled with helium.

Inhaling gasses and vapors in an attempt to get high has been a thing for decades. But there’s an inhalation trend called chroming that’s making the rounds on social media—and it’s been ...

Metallica frontman James Hetfield celebrated his 61st birthday by breaking into a high-pitched version of the thrash icons' smash hit Enter Sandman. A video posted to Metallica's Instagram account ...

If humans sound like Minnie Mouse after inhaling helium, would an alligator squeak on the gas used to float balloons?

A 12-year-old member of a Japanese pop group lapsed into a coma after inhaling helium for a stunt on a television show, a broadcaster said Thursday.

Death from inhaling helium is so rare that the American Association Poison Control Centers lumps it in with other gases, such as methane and propane.